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 IGM national press awards' environmental reporter of the year in 2011 for his report showing how a beverage company that extracted over 51,000 of cubic metres of water every year from the national water table for free, was awarded an environmental award by the University of Malta. Debono also heads Mediatoday's survey unit, which has conducted polls on all electoral appointments since 2008, correctly predicting the outcome of all elections and the 2011 divorce referendum.

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. James is married and has a son. His interests include listening to music and reading.

Articles by this author
Villa Rosa development set to rise to maximum of 39 floors
Planning
Development to rise to 39 levels in part of site closest to the Bay Street area of Paceville and to 22 floors in the part closest to DB project
An autonomous Gozo: Not quite as island scores poorly on autonomy index
National
The push for Gozitan self-determination is limited by lack of autonomous political movements and parties according to sociologist Godfrey Baldacchino
After Francis: A church for a messy world
National
New owner applies to renew Marsaxlokk hotel permit
Comino hotel and bungalows project approved
Planning
PA approves 15-storey hotel on Sliema Strand
Planning
Tracking tourism’s impact beyond GDP
National
Cash is a dying breed, new study shows
National
Zammit Lewis beats the drum for land reclamation
National
Elizabeth Ellul to chair board responsible for permits in UCA and Gozo
The first Pope I loved
Blogs
Cherished in Malta: Pope Francis rated highly before his passing
Neutrality highly valued by both PN and PL voters
Data & Surveys
Maltese dislike Putin, Trump and Netanyahu, lukewarm on Zelenskyy and Von der Leyen