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
Apartment block earmarked on ‘flood risk area’ in Birkirkara
Planning
One of the last patches of greenery separating the town centre of Birkirkara from the showroom area on Valley Road could end up being developed as a four-storey residential block
Outrageous permit in Ġgantija buffer zone revoked
Planning
Planning Authority revokes permit for apartments in Ggantija buffer zone. But application will still be considered  following presentation of  Heritage Impact...