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
Għaxaq council to appeal fireworks factory decision
Planning
Għaxaq mayor insists location chosen for 9000 sq.m factory, conflicts with the safety of isolated residences, workshops, commuters on their way to work and fireworks enthusiasts...
Danish Village’s solar farm heading for approval
Planning
A proposed solar farm on disturbed land near the Danish Village that will provide almost half of the Mellieha complex’s energy needs is recommended for approval