James Debono

James Debono

James Debono is MaltaToday's chief reporter on environment, planning and land use issues, and one of the newspaper's main political analysts. Apart from blogging regularly on politics, James Debono won the IĠM national press awards' environmental reporter of the year in 2011 and in 2025. Debono coordinates MaltaToday's surveys, which has conducted polls on all electoral appointments since 2008. He read history and obtained his Masters' degree from the University of Malta, and in the past worked for TV production house Where's Everybody before joining MaltaToday in 2005. A co-founder of Moviment Graffitti and active in Moviment ghall-Ambjent, he served as a media officer for Alternattiva Demokratika - the Green Party.

Articles by this author
Developers say Ħondoq is worth €24 million as PA rejects claim they will lose property rights
National
Draft local plan limits development in Hondoq area to upgrade of existing quay and slipway, effectively shutting down the prospect of a luxury village being built 
ERA gives blessing to development of Mellieha green lung
Planning
The Environment and Resources Authority declared that it has 'no concerns' about the development of a green lung in Mellieha earmarked for apartment blocks