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
Pride, trust and independence. Rediscovering ‘Gensna’
National
‘Proud of our country, trust in our country’ is the theme chosen by the PN for its independence celebrations. With its wings clipped by the economic...
Constitutional ‘debt brake’ could be muzzle for Malta
National
Should Malta follow Germany, France, Italy and Spain in introducing debt brakes in its constitution as an antidote to politicians’ ‘financial profligacy’ on...
Muscat clearly in the lead as Gonzi gains lost ground
National
Illum survey reveals overall negative verdict on Arriva’s services
Playing fields set to become fully smoke-free by 2014
National
No solution to ecological havoc in Hofra z-Zghira
National
Non-Catholics to be taught ‘ethics’ in classroom
National
60-metre communications tower set to rise from historic fort St Leonard
Government’s caravan plans scrapped
National
The Bible according to teenagers!
National
Not in our backyard… again
National
A look inside Malta's new, national environment policy
National
MFCC tent to become permanent with government lease
National
One fifth suffer from work-related stress
National