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
Arkadia appeals PA’s refusal of Suq tal-Belt canopies
Planning
Arkadia, operator of Is-Suq tal-Belt, is contesting a blanket ban on canopies in urban conservation areas arguing that Valletta is also a commercial hub
Shopping mall added to Marsa’s Eurospin
Planning
Mall and fast-food drive thru proposed on former Salv Bezzina shipyard next to Eurospin supermarket