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
PN economic vision: All hype with no beef?
National
Replete with buzzwords and lots of carrots but no sticks, the PN’s ‘economy for the people’ blueprint gives the party a much-needed dose of sophistication. But...
Nitrates high in Malta’s three watercourses
Environment
The watercourses host a variety of animals, including the Maltese fresh water crab and the Maltese painted frog.
72 North Koreans working in Malta
National
Businesses get cheaper water the more they extract from boreholes
Cruise ships set to berth off Xlendi
National
53% think Malta will ‘benefit from CHOGM’
Data & Surveys
A gift from Sadeen to the Marsaskala local council
Opinions
Ditching Labour: Bold move or hasty turn for Marlene Farrugia?
Speaker, MPs meet Azerbaijan ruler Ilham Aliyev on sham election day
Mercury in Malta’s seas exceeds EU parameters
Environment
Din l-Art Helwa against proposal to regularise Paradise Bay lido
GAP steps in to develop Ta’ Masrija
Property
Blast from the past: the return of Tony Abela
National
Tower set to dominate Sliema skyline
National