A gunman shot a Guyana official in charge of dissolving a failed insurance company as she drove to work Thursday, police said.

A South American businessman said to have led a violent paramilitary organization in Guyana is likely to spend the next 15 years in a U.S. prison.

Guyana says a U.S.-funded AIDS prevention program has helped slash the HIV infection rate in the South American country from nearly 3 percent to about 1 percent.

Police in Guyana say they are looking for bloggers who caused alarm with a false report that a commercial bank in the South American nation had requested a $5 million bailout to avert a collapse.

R&B singer T-Pain has canceled a concert in Guyana after receiving what a promoter calls “credible death and kidnapping threats.”

Guyana has banned nighttime flights because of a strike by air traffic controllers.

Guyana’s prime minister says the economic crisis is forcing two international companies to rethink billion-dollar investment projects in the South American country.

Guyana and Suriname plan to invest a combined $60 million in an undersea fiber optic cable to improve phone and Internet service.

Guyana’s president says at least two internationally funded projects could be delayed because of the global financial crisis.

A Russian-owned bauxite and alumina producer is laying off about a tenth of its nearly 600 employees in the South American country of Guyana.