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
Hal-Ghaxaq set to get picnic area
Planning
Original adventure park dropped after objections from fireworks factories and ERA, as project is now limited to picnic area with stone-cookers located away from olive grove
ERA clears way for Amazonia redevelopment but St Paul’s Bay council objects
Planning
​A proposed redevelopment of the Amazonia beach club in St Paul’s Bay will increase the height of the project by 11.5m above the existing promenade