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
Budget 2026 | Budget tackles obesity, mental health, and dementia care
Budget 2026
Malta’s 2026 Budget promises a new obesity clinic, expanded mental health services, and a dementia centre in Sliema
Budget 2026 | Forget Dubai: Land reclamation off Freeport to be limited to industrial use
Budget 2026
Reclaimed area will be dedicated to industrial purposes, with a focus on attracting maritime-related activities.