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.

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Planning Authority postpones Manoel Island decision
Planning
After the developable area in Manoel Island was reduced, the Planning Authority now confirms it is in talks to compensate the developer with a similar-sized area for...
Updated | University residence for foreign students approved
Planning
Three major construction projects, Manoel Island, Halland and the university residence, are in the Planning Authority's in-tray for potential approval today